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The development plan for the District is currently made up of the documents below read together. Where there is any conflict between the policies contained in these documents, the policy in the most recently published, adopted or approved document prevails.

Bolsover District Local Plan

The Bolsover District Local Plan (February 2000) contains local and site specific policies on general development issues, housing, employment, shopping and town centres, community facilities, recreation, leisure and tourism, transport, conservation of the historic and built environment. It also allocates sites for specific development.

We asked the Secretary of State to consider action to ‘save’ many of the policies of the Bolsover District Local Plan beyond 28th September 2007 under provisions in the legislation. The Secretary of State agreed to our request and these ‘saved’ policies will remain in force until they are replaced by new policies.

The Affordable Housing Supplementary Planning Guidance document was adopted in 2002 as a material consideration to provide further clarity and interpretation for policies HOU 6 and HOU 7 of the Bolsover District Local Plan. As these two policies were ‘saved’, they will remain in force until they are replaced by new policies in our New Local Plan.

The Historic Environment Supplementary Planning Document was adopted in March 2006 to provide further clarity and interpretation for policies in the Bolsover District Local Plan in relation to listed buildings, conservation areas, conversion of historic agricultural buildings and archaeology.

As these policies were ‘saved’, they will remain in force until they are replaced by new policies in our New Local Plan.

The New Bolsover Model Village Planning Guidelines Supplementary Planning Guidance was adopted in 2002 as a material consideration to guide those proposing to carry out works to the Grade II listed New Bolsover Model Village houses by identifying the features which are important to the special architectural or historic interest of the properties.

The document was updated in October 2008 to include information on works for which listed building consent and planning permission have already been secured, to revise the information provided in the Building Regulation Consent section and to make changes to the contact details for the Council and the Building Control Service.

The New Bolsover Model Village Planning Guidelines Supplementary Planning Guidance provide further clarity and interpretation for policies in the Bolsover District Local Plan in relation to listed buildings and conservation areas. As these policies were ‘saved’, they will remain in force until they are replaced by new policies in our New Local Plan.

We adopted Successful Places: A Guide to Sustainable Housing Layout and Design as an Interim Supplementary Planning Document (SPD) on the 2nd October 2013.

The purpose of the Successful Places is to promote and achieve high quality residential development within the District by providing practical advice to all those involved in the design, planning and development of housing schemes. The guide is applicable to all new proposals for residential development, including mixed-use schemes that include an element of housing.

The guide currently supports the saved policies of the Bolsover District Local Plan and has been prepared to support the emerging policies of the new Local Plan and has been adopted to be used as a material consideration in the determination of planning applications.

The Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004 requires us to undertake a number of monitoring duties. As part of this, we have prepared Monitoring Reports on a largely annual basis since 2004 that cover the delivery of the Bolsover District Local Plan and these can be found on our Development Plan Monitoring page.

Derby and Derbyshire Minerals and Waste Local Plans

The Derby and Derbyshire Minerals Local Plan (April 2000) (as altered in November 2002) sets out planning policies for minerals development. Most of its policies have been saved and will remain in force until they are replaced by new development plan documents. The Minerals Plan is supplemented by Supplementary Planning Guidance on the After-uses of Sand and Gravel Sites.

The Derby and Derbyshire Waste Local Plan (March 2005) sets out planning policies for waste development. All but one policy (policy W1A) of the Derby and Derbyshire Waste Local Plan, adopted in March 2005, have been saved beyond March 2008.

Proposals for the replacement of these policies are contained within the Minerals and Waste Development Scheme prepared jointly by Derbyshire County Council and Derby City Council.

Contact

If you require more information on the Development Plan call Planning Policy on 01246 242203 or email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

The Town and Country Planning (Brownfield Land Register) Regulations 2017 requires the Council to prepare, maintain and publish a register of previously developed (Brownfield) land. This register must be published by 31st December 2017 and should be reviewed at least once a year.

The purpose of brownfield land registers is to provide up-to-date and consistent information on previously developed land that is considered to be appropriate for residential development. The Government hopes that this will help housebuilders to identify suitable sites quickly and speed up the construction of new homes.

The Regulations 2017 set out the criteria which local authorities have to follow in preparing and publishing a Brownfield land register. This requires that the register is provided in a spreadsheet style and published in a standard data format. The register consists of two parts; Part 1 should comprise all brownfield sites that a local planning authority has assessed as appropriate for residential development and Part 2 as a subset of Part 1 which is optional. However, Bolsover’s Brownfield Land Register currently comprises only a Part 1 register.

In total, 20 brownfield sites have been identified which comprise approximately 17.74 ha of housing land and could accommodate up to 553 dwellings. To identify these sites different sources of datasets (e.g. brownfield sites from Housing Land Availability Assessment, brownfield sites with planning permission, etc.) were utilised.

It is required that Brownfield land registers should be published in a ’csv’ format and an INSPIRE compliant polygon format. Bolsover’s Brownfield Land Register is available for download below in these required formats (and also in Excel):

On the 15th October 2014, we resolved to commence the preparation of a new single Local Plan for Bolsover District to replace the Bolsover District Local Plan (February 2000). The Local Plan for Bolsover District will set out the vision, objectives, planning policies and site allocations that will guide development in the District to 2033.

Publication of Local Plan for Bolsover District

Following commencement in October 2014, we have now completed the preparation of the Local Plan for Bolsover District and this was approved at our Planning Committee on 18th April 2018. The Committee also agreed that the Local Plan for Bolsover District be published for consultation under Regulation 19 of the Town and Country Planning (Local Plan) (England) Regulations 2012 and that following the Publication and Consultation period, the plan be submitted to the Secretary of State in accordance with Regulation 22 of the same regulations.

As part of the new Local Plan’s preparation, we are required to undertake Sustainability Appraisal of selected options and reasonable alternatives. We have also undertaken a Habitats Regulation Assessment and Equalities Impact Assessment to meet requirements of other legislation and regulation. During this consultation exercise, you can also make representations on the following documents.

Consultation Dates

The formal consultation on the Publication Local Plan for Bolsover District will run between 9:00am Wednesday 2nd May 2018 to 5:00pm Friday 15th June 2018.

As part of this formal consultation the Council must ask specific questions which focus on issues of Legal Compliance and Soundness of the updated Local Plan.

The formal Statement of Representation (which sets out the requirements for representations) is available here:Statement of Representation

In addition, we are holding a number of drop in / exhibition sessions as part of the consultation at the following locations and dates. Staff will be available at these events to answer your questions and discuss issues you raise.

There will be evening events in the District’s nine largest settlements on the following dates, all taking place between 4pm and 7pm:• Friday 11th May – Clowne: The Arc, High Street • Tuesday 15th May – Whitwell: Community Centre, Portland Street• Thursday 17th May – Shirebrook: Leisure Centre, Park Road• Tuesday 22nd May – Creswell: Social Centre, Elmton Road• Thursday 24th May – Pinxton: Village Hall, Kirkstead Road• Tuesday 29th May – Barlborough: Village Hall, High Street • Friday 1st June – Tibshelf: Village Hall, High Street • Monday 4th June – Bolsover: Assembly Rooms, Hill Top• Wednesday 6th June – South Normanton: The Post Mill Centre, Market Street

There will also be a district wide event for those who are unable to attend their closest evening events:• Saturday 19th May – District Wide Event: The Arc, High Street, Clowne 10am-2pm

Making Comments

To help you understand the regulatory, technical, background, reference and other evidential documents that support the Local Plan we have prepared a Guidance Note.

Once you’ve read this, the easiest way to make a representation is via our online consultation system. If you don’t currently have an account, you can create a new account by following the easy to use instructions. You can also download the Representation Form as a PDF or MS Word file below.

Representations should be emailed to the Planning Policy Team at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or be posted to Bolsover District Council, The Arc, High Street, Clowne, S43 4JY.

Representations must be received no later than 5.00pm on Friday 15th June 2018 to be duly made.

Evidence Base

The updated range of studies and reports that survey Bolsover District and have informed and provided the Evidence Base for the Publication Local Plan can be viewed on the Evidence Base and Monitoring Page.

Background Documents

You can also view the following other documents published during the preparation of the new Local Plan below:

We have published details of our 5 year housing supply each year since 2007. Whether the Council can demonstrate a 5 year supply of ‘deliverable’ housing is important as it affects how planning applications for new housing are determined.

Housing Objectively Assessed Need

To establish the Housing Objectively Assessed Need (OAN) for Bolsover District, in 2013 we commissioned in co-operation with our partner authorities of the North Derbyshire and Bassetlaw Housing Market Area a Strategic Housing Market Assessment (SHMA). This was updated in 2014 to take account of the updated methodology set out in the National Planning Practice Guidance. Now, in light of 2014 Sub National Population projections and the Sub National Household projections that were published in 2016, we and our partners commissioned a SHMA OAN Update report and this was completed in October 2017.

However, in light of the SHMA OAN Update report we have carried out a mid period review to ensure we have a more robust and up-to-date position going forward to inform our decision taking on applications for planning permission. This review was reported to Planning Committee at its meeting on 22 November 2017.

Based on this updated assessment, we conclude that we have just under an 8 year supply of deliverable sites for the period 2017/18 to 2021/22. Therefore, the saved planning policies within the adopted Bolsover District Local Plan (February 2000) related to the supply of housing can be given more weight in the determination of planning applications.

Furthermore, as the number of completions since 1 April 2014 has exceeded the requirement for the same period, we now have a track record of delivery against our OAN and therefore in accordance with the National Planning Policy Framework we only need to provide an additional buffer of 5% to ensure choice and competition in the market for land.

To read the 5-year housing supply committee report, assessment or to view the detailed schedule of residential sites within the housing supply go to:

Survey of Area (Evidence Base)

The formal Monitoring Reports outline the range of studies and reports undertaken to survey Bolsover District with the intention of informing the preparation of a new Local Plan. These studies and reports have been grouped along the following thematic areas: